Gartner Expert

Vicky Forman

Sr Director Analyst

Vicky Forman is a Senior Research Director in the Logistics, Customer Fulfillment and Network Design Team. Vicky advises on the topic of network design for supply chain to help companies optimize cost, improve service and improve resilience among others. Using her deep knowledge of delivering network design studies and broad industry experience to help companies unlock the potential of network design.

Vicky has 10 years of experience in completing network design studies and guiding and coaching clients to complete their own studies. Working with varied industries such as consumer goods, manufacturing, retail and distribution has given her a good understanding of the common challenges faced by these industries and ability to apply solutions from one industry to another.

Previous experience

Vicky has 10 years of experience in completing network design studies and guiding and coaching clients to complete their own studies. Working with varied industries such as consumer goods, manufacturing, retail and distribution has given her a good understanding of the common challenges faced by these industries and ability to apply solutions from one industry to another.

Professional background

LLamasoft, Senior Supply Chain Design Consultant, 7 years

Marks and Spencer, Logistics Analyst, 3 years

Areas of coverage
  • Manufacturing Strategy

  • Supply Chain Transformation

  • Logistics and Fulfillment

  • Supply Chain Leadership

Education

BSc, Maths Operational Research Statistics and Economics, University of Warwick

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

01

Best practices in completing network design studies to optimise cost, service, resilience and support growth.

02

Network design to understand tradeoffs involved in warehouse location selection.

03

Common barriers to successful network design studies and how to overcome them

04

Utilising scenario planning for optimizing the supply chain given interdependencies across the network.

05

How to set up or expand internal capabilities for network design studies. Including tools, consultants, team structures and skills.